Month: July 2023
Peacock’s prices are going up in August
There are more streaming choices than ever before, and now Peacock has joined the list of services that are getting even more expensive. A media update reported by Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, and The Streamable confirmed prices for both of its streaming plans are going up, effective August 17th, with…
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Google and Taito’s AR Space Invaders game is out now on Android and launching soon on iOS
Google and Taito’s new augmented reality game that lets you wave around your phone to destroy AR Space Invaders aliens is out now on Android and launching at midnight local time on July 18th on iOS, according to a blog post from Google. The two companies announced the game, Space…
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Neopets is promising a ‘new era’ with an improved website and fixed Flash games
Neopets, the beloved virtual pet website that launched in 1999, announced a “new era” on Monday. The Neopets Team (TNT) said that it will be launching a new “unified website” this week and fixing some of the old Flash games shortly after, per an extensive blog post on Medium. The…
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Hollywood’s writers and actors are on strike
More details on striking actors’ demands have emerged. The Screen Actors Guild went on strike over major studios’ refusal to meet their demands for a two percent cut of streaming revenue and a 230 percent increase in foreign streaming residuals, among others, according to Variety. On studios’ use of generative…
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TikTok is now supporting passkeys on iPhone
The next TikTok trend is passkeys on iPhones. The social media app is announcing support for the logins that try to make password-stealing phishing attacks impossible by allowing users to sign in with either Touch ID or Face ID instead of entering passwords. The initial launch includes iOS device support…
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SEC is worried chatbots could fuel a market panic
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has expressed concern about generative AI’s impact on financial markets. In a speech given to the National Press Club on Monday, SEC Chair Gary Gensler said recent advances in generative AI increase the possibility of institutions relying on the same subset of information…
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